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A thangka of Mahottara Heruka Eastern Tibet, Palpung, 19th century image 1
A thangka of Mahottara Heruka Eastern Tibet, Palpung, 19th century image 2
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A thangka of Mahottara Heruka Eastern Tibet, Palpung, 19th century image 5
A thangka of Mahottara Heruka Eastern Tibet, Palpung, 19th century image 6
Lot 37

A thangka of Mahottara Heruka
Eastern Tibet, Palpung, 19th century

17 March 2014, 13:00 EDT
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A thangka of Mahottara Heruka

Eastern Tibet, Palpung, 19th century
Distemper on cloth; at the center of the composition is Mahottara Heruka embracing a consort, surrounded by Ratna Heruka, Padma Heruka, Buddha Heruka, Karma Heruka, Vajra Heruka, the lower section is populated by fifty-eight wrathful and attendant deities including; five male & female Herukas, eight Yoginis, eight 'Tramen', four female Gatekeepers, and twenty-eight Shavaris, at the top left are three Tibetan teachers, likely, the 10th Shamar, Chodrub Gyatso (1741/42-1792), and the 13th Karmapa, Dudul Dorje (1733/34-1797/98), on the right side are three additional teachers including the 8th Tai Situpa, Chokyi Jungne (1700-1774).
Image: 27 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (70.6 x 45.2 cm)

Footnotes

In the Nyingma Tradition, the Guhyagarbha Tantra (8th to 10th century) is considered the most important of all Tantras. It describes two basic mandala configurations - one of forty-two peaceful deities and another of fifty-eight wrathful deities - combined they are the One Hundred Peaceful & Wrathful Deities. There is a clear organization and a structured hierarchy in the Tantra and two mandalas. There is also a clear relationship between the deities of the Guhyagarbha Tantra and the various Tibetan Buddhist traditions of the Bardo Todal (Tibetan Book of the Dead).

The forty-two peaceful and fifty-eight wrathful deities are the basis for the iconography depicting Bardo. The 'Terton' Karma Lingpa, in the 14th century, is credited with the discovery of the 'treasure text' known as the Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo, a text intended to be read to the deceased with the wish to enhance a rebirth.

Compare with an example in the Newark Musuem in Rhie and Thurman, Wisdom and Compassion, New York, 1997, p. 198, no. 60. Also compare with a thangka of Draglha Gonpo in the Rubin Museum of Art, see Linrothe and Watt, Demonic and Divine, New York, 2004, p. 107, no. 3.

1. Mahottara Heruka 2. Ratna Heruka
3. Padma Heruka 4. Vajra Heruka
5. Buddha Heruka 6. Karma Heruka
A. Karmapa B. Sharmarpa C. Situpa

Published:
HAR #41008 - http://www.himalayanart.org/image.cfm/41008.html

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